Editing V and W-class destroyer (section)

==History==
[[File:HMS Vidette (D48).jpg|thumb|right|{{HMS|Vidette|D48|6}} (Admiralty V class), showing the typical inter-war layout of a V and W-class destroyer. She is wearing the 1939-pattern funnel bands of the 16th Destroyer Flotilla based at [[Portsmouth]]; one red over one white.]]
The V and W class were the ultimate evolution of British destroyer design in the First World War, embodying the improvements of their predecessors as well as new technological advances. Their lineage can be traced to the [[River-class destroyer (1903)|River or E class]] of 1902 that had introduced the classic raised [[forecastle]] into the Royal Navy. The {{sclass2|Tribal|destroyer|4||1905}} of 1905 introduced oil-firing and the resultant economies in size, consumption and crew. The {{sclass|Parker|flotilla leader}} of 1915 had introduced a raised shelter deck forwards, allowing two guns to be carried in the classic superfiring (i.e. one gun fires over the top of the one below and in front of it) "A" and "B" positions. The {{sclass2|Yarrow Later M|destroyer|4}}, also of 1915, introduced a three-boiler, two-funnel layout allowing for a more compact hull and giving increased deckspace and the {{sclass2|R|destroyer|4||1916}} introduced [[steam turbine|geared turbines]] giving {{convert|30000|shp|lk=on}} on two shafts.